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Kindle Vella Is Officially Gone | Self-Publishing News (Mar. 3, 2025)


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Amazon officially closed down Kindle Vella this past week. Smashwords is running their annual Read an Ebook Week, find out how this is an incredible promotional opportunity. The Kindlepreneur Dave Chesson just rolled out updates for his Book Description Generator. Barnes & Noble Press shared details about their partnership with the audiobook platform Author's Republic. ProWritingAid rolled out a new feature called Manuscript Analysis. And so much more for the self-publishing news this week.

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Sources:

  • Smashwords' Read an Ebook Week - https://DaleLinks.com/Smashwords
  • Bestseller Book Launch Plan - https://DaleLinks.com/BestsellerBook 
  • Kindle Vella Update FAQ - https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GUJHP3574Z3DLPZD 
  • Kindlepreneur's Book Description Generator - https://DaleLinks.com/HTML (affiliate link)
  • ProWritingAid's Manuscript Analysis - https://help.prowritingaid.com/article/318-what-is-the-manuscript-analysis?afid=6615 (affiliate link)
  • Author's Republic + Barnes & Noble Press - https://crm.authorsrepublic.com/bnpress
  • March Authortunities Newsletter by Angela Yuriko Smith - https://authortunities.substack.com/p/5-legacy-mags-acquired-by-1-paragraph
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